Ghosted - Electric Bard featuring Madhatter Transfer

A third spare deadbolt key discarded on the counter A red strikethrough "Sorry!" slicing through the lease agreement No confrontation in the kitchen, no argument over the bill Just a sudden vacancy where a body ought to stand Already slides his chair two inches back from the conference table Lets his gaze drift past the window to the freight yard "He promised to drive the rental truck at dawn. I stood on the curb with twelve taped boxes until the rain soaked through the cardboard." "We sat three desks apart and had lunch together for six years. On Friday he cleaned out his desk during the fire drill and blocked my number." "I waited two hours at the international arrivals curb. His luggage circled the carousel alone while he took an unmarked cab from the lower deck." Every parcel returned marked recipient refused Every outgoing dispatch swallowed by the severed line A surgical extraction planned without a single sound A calculated disappearance behind the frosted glass This Is The Frame Where The Names Drift Away! This Is The Silence Settling Over The Floor! Sweep Every Circle Clean Before The Daylight Breaks! Nobody Knocks At An Unlisted Door! He audits his acquaintances like damaged warehouse stock Flagging any ledger entry that demands an ounce of grit The minute that an illness strikes, or rent is overdue He slips the latch and drops his profile from the directory view He packs his canvas rucksack while the kettle starts to steam And steps across the threshold before the whistle screams "I asked him to stand as a character witness. The bailiff called his name three times down the marble corridor. Complete silence." "The last I've heard from him was the day my brother died, he cancelled a calendar invite it said: Cancelled By Host, Reason Not Specified....just completely Ghosted." "He mailed back the birthday present unopened, Return To Sender, written in his own unmistakable handwriting." This Is The Frame Where The Names Drift Away! This Is The Silence Settling Over The Floor! Sweep Every Circle Clean Before The Daylight Breaks! Nobody Knocks At An Unlisted Door! "Delete the profile from the network directory..." "Back the station wagon out the gravel drive while they sleep" "Cancel the catering, forfeit the deposit, shred the vow..." "...Left his own party to walk into the quiet dark..." This Is The Frame Where The Names Drift Away! This Is The Silence Settling Over The Floor! Sweep Every Circle Clean Before The Daylight Breaks! Nobody Knocks At An Unlisted Door! No forwarding address on file No ringing tone on the line Clear the board Trip the catch Every lock turned from the inside